436CHAPTER 16: INTERNET PROTOCOL (IP)

ip dns display

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For CoreBuilder 9000: Applies to Layer 3 switching modules only.

Displays the current domain name and the name servers that are associated with it.

Valid Minimum Abbreviation

ip d di

Important Considerations

The Domain Name System (DNS) client provides DNS lookup functionality to the CoreBuilder IP ping and traceRoute features. You can specify a host name rather than an IP address when you perform various operations (for example, when you use ping or traceRoute to contact an IP station).

With the DNS commands, you specify one or more name servers that are associated with a domain name. Each name server maintains a list of IP addresses and their associated host names. When you use ping or traceRoute with a host name, the DNS client attempts to locate the name on the name servers that you specify. When the DNS client locates the name, it resolves it to the associated IP address.

See UNIX Network File System (NFS) documentation for information about how to create and maintain lists of domain names and IP addresses on the name servers.

Fields in the IP DNS Display

Field

Description

 

 

Domain name

Name of the domain name (up to 79 alphanumeric

 

characters)

Name server

Name server that is associated with the domain

 

 

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